African American Art Since 1950

African American Art Since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center includes works by renowned artists such as Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, and Sam Gilliam and couples them with exciting new visionaries, including Chakaia Booker, Lorna Simpson, and Kara Walker. This exhibition collectively reflects the growing prominence and complexity of the field of African American Art over the last 60 years. It honors the legacy of the 1976 exhibition Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750-1950, curated by Prof. David C. Driskell at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Forty two artists are represented in African American Art Since 1950 by forty nine works from the Driskell Center Permanent Art Collection. The exhibition is divided into three, often overlapping, sections: Politics of Identity in African American Art; Driskell’s Circle of Colleagues; and New Voices.

African American Art Since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center is curated by Dr. Robert E. Steele and Dorit Yaron, the David C. Driskell Center’s Former Executive Director and current Acting Director, respectively, and by Independent Scholar Dr. Adrienne L. Childs.

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Exhibition Details

Venue: Main Gallery

Exhibiting Artists: Reference List Below

Artists

Emma Amos
Benny Andrews
Herman Kofi Bailey
Radcliffe Bailey
Romare Bearden,
Robert Blackburn
Chakaia Booker
Sheila Pree Bright
Moe Brooker
Elizabeth Catlett,
Willie Cole
Robert Colescott
David C. Driskell
Melvin Edwards
Vanessa German,
Sam Gilliam
Felrath Hines
Curlee R. Holton
Margo Humphrey
Jacob Lawrence
Kerry James Marshall

 Keith Morrison
Floyd Newsum
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
Howardena Pindell
Jefferson Pinder, William Pope.L
Martin Puryear
Faith Ringgold,
Alison Saar
Betye Saar
John T. Scott
Lorna Simpson
Clarissa T. Sligh
Frank Smith
Alma Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas
Kara Walker
Carrie Mae Weems
James Lesesne
Wells
William T. Williams
Deborah Willis

Member’s Preview Tour

Thursday, October 6, 2016
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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Third in the Burg

Friday, October 21, 2016
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Free Admission

Lecture in the main gallery by Prof. Curlee Raven Holton

Saturday, November 5, 2016
6:00 pm
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Third in the Burg

Friday, November 18, 2016
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Free Admission

Third in the Burg

Friday, December 16, 2016
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Free Admission

Third in the Burg

Friday, December 16, 2016
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Free Admission